[javascript] HTML tag <a> want to add both href and onclick working

I'd like to ask about HTML tag

<a href="www.mysite.com" onClick="javascript.function();">Item</a>

How to make this a tag working with href and onClick? (prefer onClick running first then href)

To achieve this use following html:

<a href="www.mysite.com" onclick="make(event)">Item</a>

<script>
    function make(e) {
        // ...  your function code
        // e.preventDefault();   // use this to NOT go to href site
    }
</script>

Here is working example.

Use ng-click in place of onclick. and its as simple as that:

<a href="www.mysite.com" ng-click="return theFunction();">Item</a>

<script type="text/javascript">
function theFunction () {
    // return true or false, depending on whether you want to allow 
    // the`href` property to follow through or not
 }
</script>

Use jQuery. You need to capture the click event and then go on to the website.

$("#myHref").on('click', function() {_x000D_
  alert("inside onclick");_x000D_
  window.location = "http://www.google.com";_x000D_
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<a href="#" id="myHref">Click me</a>

No jQuery needed.

Some people say using onclick is bad practice...

This example uses pure browser javascript. By default, it appears that the click handler will evaluate before the navigation, so you can cancel the navigation and do your own if you wish.

<a id="myButton" href="http://google.com">Click me!</a>
<script>
    window.addEventListener("load", () => {
        document.querySelector("#myButton").addEventListener("click", e => {
            alert("Clicked!");
            // Can also cancel the event and manually navigate
            // e.preventDefault();
            // window.location = e.target.href;
        });
    });
</script>